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Learn how to conjugate AR verbs in Spanish by following simple steps. Understand the importance of matching verb endings to subjects with examples and charts.
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As you have learned… An INFINITIVE is a verb that has not been conjugated. You can tell it is an infinitive because no person, place or thing (noun) is doing the action of the verb. Examples: To run To eat To dream To sing To CONJUGATE a verb means to change a verb from its infinitive form to match the subject of the sentence. Examples: I run, you run, she runs We sing, they sing Mary eats Mary and John dream.
What You Need To Remember… When you conjugate a verb, you must match the ending of the verb to the subject. The subject can be a person (proper noun or pronoun), place, or thing. Below is a chart that shows conjugation subjects, both in English and Spanish.
Present Tense of “AR” Verbs All verbs, action words, in Spanish belong to a family. All “AR” verbs belong to a family called first conjugation. Verbs whose infinitive ends in –ar are called first conjugation. Here are some “-AR” verbs, first conjugation: hablar comprar mirar pagar buscar necesitar To speak/ to talk To buy To look at To pay To look for To need Notice how each of the verbs above ends in “AR”. They are all in the infinitive form.
How to conjugate “AR” Verbs
Step 1- Identify the “AR” verb. Hablar = to speak/talk
Step 2- Drop off the “AR” ending. Hablar Now you are left with a the stem of the verb. Habl
Step 3- Add the endings for “AR” verbs that match the subject.
yo form ending = -o habl + o = hablo
tú form ending = -as habl as hablas + =
él,ella, Usted forms ending = -a habl a = habla +
nosotros form ending = -amos habl + amos hablamos =
ellos,ellas, Ustedes forms ending = -an habl an hablan + =
Remember: to conjugate any verb you must match the ending of the verb to the correct person or persons doing the action, or the subject of the sentence.